A Granite Silence - a mesmerising historical novel about a notorious true crime case

A mesmerising blend of speculative fiction and detective story, A Granite Silence reconstructs a notorious child murder in Aberdeen in 1934.

About the author

Nina Allan is a novelist and short story writer. Her previous fiction has won several prizes, including the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel, the Novella Award and the Grand Prix de L'Imaginaire for Best Translated Work. She lives and works in Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute. The Dollmaker is her third novel.

Product details

• Authors: Nina Allan, Allan Nina
• Publisher: Riverrun
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2025
• EAN: 9781529435573
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-3557-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Crime, Historical mysteries, c 1930 to c 1939, Historical crime and mysteries, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Aberdeen and Deeside